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Has anybody got 5563, the "Diesel Rig" racing truck? What do you think about this set? Are the wheels in 5563 the same as in 5571, the black cat truck? Cheers, Hao-yang Wang (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) I haven't bought it yet, but the wheels definitely appear to be the same. It actually doesn't look like the good deal that Model Team sets usually are. I mean look at the 5542 helicopter -- 483 pieces for $44, less than 10 cents per piece. The (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) John, How is it that the 5563 is dumb but not the 5571? The 5563 is based on a two axle cabover design. We have one sitting outside my office. The only problem is that the rear wheels should have 2 on each side. This same problem is present on (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.modelteam)
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Mike Poindexter wrote in message ... (...) (I don't like it either, but) it's actually very clever: it's a race truck, which doesn't need a dual rear axle. By choosing a race truck subject, the TLG designers could reduce the production costs of the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) Who said the 5571 isn't? Well, maybe not "dumb" but certainly annoying. One of the most realistic (looking) retail sets TLG has ever produced, other than the stupid wheels. Never have gone back to retro-fit mine, though I did pick up extra (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.modelteam)
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Maybe I over-reacted. I just hate to see a line of models get cheaper-looking and more expensive at the same time, at least that's the way it seemed to me when I first looked at the new catalog's Model Team pages. I've never seen a "two-axle (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) The truck is based on European design. They do have two-axle cabovers in Europe. Mercedes-Benz builds a ton of them, I think they are called the Mercedes-Benz Actros. Saab/Scania and Volvo also build them. (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.modelteam)
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In lugnet.modelteam, Mark Herzberg writes: [snip] (...) So has does anyone actually *own* a 5563 yet? And are the wheels the same as the ones on the 5571? They certainly appear to be the same from the catalog shots. John C. (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) I received one for Christmas. Haven't built it yet but did look close enough to confirm that yes, the wheels are the same as the 5571's. Speaking of trucks, any Model Team fans who haven't seen Dennis Bosman's Trucks and Construction Machinery (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.modelteam)
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